Nokia N85 NAM shipping out next week
Nokia fans here in the US might be upset about being just about entirely left out from the Black Friday chaos, but we do have some good news that might brighten up your day a bit. Despite the fact that the N96 is hailed as Nokia’s current Nseries flagship, most would agree it’s overpriced and under-powered. The N85 on the other hand, is just as capable if you dwell outside of DVB-H coverage and much more affordable. When all is said and done, we would call the N85 plenty more desirable as well, compared to the N96. OLED display, 5 megapixel camera (with a lens cover), integrated FM transmitter, much bigger battery and so on – it would be hard to argue that the N96 is the better device. So, S60 fans, you’ll be happy to learn that the North American version of the N85 will become available next week! Despite the fact that someone at Amazon might have mixed the wrong stuff into his morning cup of coffee before listing the MSRP as $1,200, the N85 is now available for pre-order with a listed in-stock date of December 6th. It’ll set you back $556 to be an early adopter but compared to the $800 price tag on the N96, that’s not bad at all. There you have it – we knew a US version with 850/1900/2100 WCDMA was on its way; seven more days and the wait is over.
[Via The Nokia Blog]
where is the F*CKING AWS version?!
go to HELL, NOKIA!!!!!
@ mingkee,
maybe you should just leave that joke of a carrier (T-Mobile) and head over to the real deal (AT&T). AWS is not the future, and dont expect to see too many phones on AWS. Seriously dude, we all know why youre on T-Mobile….its cuz youre cheap and you want to get as many minutes as you can even if you get spotty coverage. If you want to get the best phones, get off the weak carrier.
If I weren’t so concerned about job security and the economy, in general, I would pick this phone up at launch.
-AT&TGuy
How is mingkee cheap? He’s considering the purchase of a $556 phone.
AT&T (my provider) sucks aside from the iphone…to you all that are saying T-mobile sucks.
if ATT 3G is not that bad, I should be with them
I pay $20 more for truly unlimited tethering, and the 3G works well
ATT has better reception, but too unreliable
This phone is awesome, It’s my 1st s60 device, return to my Nokia roots after some splendid time with Sony Ericsson. Personally I couldn’t stand to wait nor pay this price for this phone. so I purchased the n85-1 and look forward to using 3g abroad and hopefully in some places in the US. as for the above discussion, it’s unfortunate that their aren’t universal 3g bands for the globe, it would make buying and using an unlocked cell phone way easier. or perhaps some 5 band phones in the near future ? (850/900/1700/1900/2100)o well lets see what wimax and lte have to offer
Tmobile is creeping up the ladder, and all you haters need to watch out! Ooooooh, at+t w your exclusive phones, its too bad after youe exclusivity agreements w blackberry we end up getting the superior device…maybe that’s bc when all is said and done tmobile at the end of the day does 70% of there business and they know where the money’s at! Eat it, haters, Tmobile’s creepin on the come up!